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I Can't Find A Candidate I'll Support For President!

Do you have a candidate for President you can actually support?

  • Yes, I really support (post name and why).

    Votes: 6 42.9%

  • No, I too can't support any of the candidates out there now (post why).

    Votes: 8 57.1%
  • Total voters
    14
Ontologuy

Ontologuy

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I just can't find a candidate I can get behind and support for President.

If it isn't their policies it's their personality .. and if it isn't their personality, it's their policies. Etc.

Am I alone here, or do others here have the same problem?

My kingdom for a good dark horse!
 
No, which is why I'll probably end up third party. Assuming I can find one that I somewhat agree with.
 
Yes, already voted for Cruz in the TX primary. [and as one of my Senators] I'll vote for Trump if he's the nominee but, after these two, I start having severe reservations.
 
There's nobody to get behind. I am slightly leaning towards Sanders as the sanest of the bunch who still wants to avoid the status quo but, over all, I am not truly excited about anybody.
I've already posted add museum on why.
 
Ontologuy said:
I just can't find a candidate I can get behind and support for President.

If it isn't their policies it's their personality .. and if it isn't their personality, it's their policies. Etc.

Am I alone here, or do others here have the same problem?

My kingdom for a good dark horse!
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I posted a similar thread a few weeks ago. Meanwhile, nothing has gotten any better. Rand Paul dropped out, leaving only war hawks on the Republican side. On the other side, we have a candidate beset by scandal before the election even takes place, and one who is pretty radical and too old to be president (IMO that is. He's one year older than I am, and I'm pretty sure I'm too old)

Is there a candidate with practical ideas, one who doesn't want to get us embroiled in yet another war in the Mid East, and who isn't already overloaded with baggage? Nope, don't see a one.
 
I'm definitely not excited about any of the candidates and even "happy" would be overstating my level of enthusiasm. Come to think of it, "cautiously optimistic" is probably an overstatement as well. Frankly, I'm pretty much wallowing around at "Serenity Prayer" level.
 
Ontologuy said:
I just can't find a candidate I can get behind and support for President.

If it isn't their policies it's their personality .. and if it isn't their personality, it's their policies. Etc.

Am I alone here, or do others here have the same problem?

My kingdom for a good dark horse!
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Personally, personality has nothing to do with the entire matter. There is no way I can truly get through to the core of anybody at that level. Who they are and how they act with those around them on an everyday basis is none of my concern. Their character does matter, who it is they choose to engage, follow, are influenced by and hang around with, that matters to me. What they plan to accomplish and their methods of potentially doing so also affect my decisions. What their policies are and if they can actually accomplish them, as long as I agree with most of them, is what I will look for.

Cruz, so far, is my guy.
 
Lutherf said:
I'm definitely not excited about any of the candidates and even "happy" would be overstating my level of enthusiasm. Come to think of it, "cautiously optimistic" is probably an overstatement as well. Frankly, I'm pretty much wallowing around at "Serenity Prayer" level.
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I feel your pain. You can bring your guns but you have to keep them under lock and key..can't take them out EVER
 
Dittohead not! said:
I posted a similar thread a few weeks ago. Meanwhile, nothing has gotten any better. Rand Paul dropped out, leaving only war hawks on the Republican side. On the other side, we have a candidate beset by scandal before the election even takes place, and one who is pretty radical and too old to be president (IMO that is. He's one year older than I am, and I'm pretty sure I'm too old)

Is there a candidate with practical ideas, one who doesn't want to get us embroiled in yet another war in the Mid East, and who isn't already overloaded with baggage? Nope, don't see a one.
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My sense is that none of them has any passion for the country; that each is running for their ego and the power. Seriously, building a wall and banning Muslims is not policy building
 
Gaugingcatenate said:
Personally, personality has nothing to do with the entire matter. There is no way I can truly get through to the core of anybody at that level. Who they are and how they act with those around them on an everyday basis is none of my concern. Their character does matter, who it is they choose to engage, follow, are influenced by and hang around with, that matters to me. What they plan to accomplish and their methods of potentially doing so also affect my decisions. What their policies are and if they can actually accomplish them, as long as I agree with most of them, is what I will look for.

Cruz, so far, is my guy.
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I suspect the word "personality" is being used in place of "character". Will the new president pretend an attack on the US was the result of a silly video. That's personality/character.
 
Fearandloathing said:
My sense is that none of them has any passion for the country; that each is running for their ego and the power. Seriously, building a wall and banning Muslims is not policy building
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The only one who is not a total phony is Sanders, and he's pretty far out in left field. The odds of his getting any of his ideas written into law are pretty slim. Besides, as I've already said, he's too old fort a high pressure job like the presidency.

I might be able to vote for Kusinich, but he's still a hawk.
 
Unitedwestand13 said:
Sometimes you have to play with the hand you are dealt with.
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No, you can walk away from the table. I'm beginning to understand why voter turnout is so low in the US.
 
Sweden said:
No, you can walk away from the table. I'm beginning to understand why voter turnout is so low in the US.
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You have to play the game of politics to have any say in the running of this country.

I will vote for who ever I think will be the best president.
 
Bernie Sanders, and here is why...

On Russia, Sanders dismissed assessments by the Obama administration that Moscow now poses a graver threat to U.S. security than any other nation.
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Clinton said "NATO must do more for the common defense" against Russia.
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There are no Republican candidates that are actively trying to avoid a NATO-Russia conflict.

All the trivial, meaningless things like gay marriage and abortion, and socialism, aside ...Sanders is the only candidate actively doing his best to avoid WW3.
 
This is probably the deepest into the election cycle i've been without a clear cut favorite in my mind.
 
Unitedwestand13 said:
You have to play the game of politics to have any say in the running of this country.

I will vote for who ever I think will be the best president.
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For many people I guess it will be the 'least bad president' - that's the way it looks from a distance. You might do better to pick someone at random than any of the current candidates.
 
Gaugingcatenate said:
Personally, personality has nothing to do with the entire matter. There is no way I can truly get through to the core of anybody at that level. Who they are and how they act with those around them on an everyday basis is none of my concern. Their character does matter, who it is they choose to engage, follow, are influenced by and hang around with, that matters to me. What they plan to accomplish and their methods of potentially doing so also affect my decisions. What their policies are and if they can actually accomplish them, as long as I agree with most of them, is what I will look for.

Cruz, so far, is my guy.
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When I think of a candidate's personality, I think also of their associated presented emotional state, attitudes, how they'd deal with stress, the way they speak to and about others, and the like.

Then I think about them carrying the little black box.
 
Fearandloathing said:
I suspect the word "personality" is being used in place of "character". Will the new president pretend an attack on the US was the result of a silly video. That's personality/character.
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Could well be true, I am not in the mind of that poster. However, personality and character are quite different. We would have to hear from the poster on that.

But I agree with you and felt that, as regards lies about videos, had Romney pressed his point on the lies about Benghazi and hit him hard over and over on the point, there might have been a different electoral result. Candy Crowely did us all a huge disservice by interjecting herself to prop up Obama's lies in that Debate.
 
Let me put it this way:

WW3 could be the end of humanity, and the end of the world as we know it.

A vote for anyone other than Sanders is a vote for the possibility of WW3, and the end of the world.
 
Ntharotep said:
Luckily the hand I am dealt lets me pencil in "Morgan Freeman" if it comes down to it.
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I hear you.

On a more practical note, I once heard that if you write in a vote for someone who's not officially a candidate that it invalidates your entire ballot, and that write-ins were only supposed to be people who do qualify as candidates but who were not qualified at the time the ballot was printed and thus don't appear on the ballot to simply check their box.

If you or anyone knows whether this is true, I'd be interested to know.
 
Ontologuy said:
I just can't find a candidate I can get behind and support for President.

If it isn't their policies it's their personality .. and if it isn't their personality, it's their policies. Etc.

Am I alone here, or do others here have the same problem?

My kingdom for a good dark horse!
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If you can't vote FOR someone, there's surely someone you wish to vote AGAINST.
 
Abbazorkzog said:
Let me put it this way:

WW3 could be the end of humanity, and the end of the world as we know it.

A vote for anyone other than Sanders is a vote for the possibility of WW3, and the end of the world.
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tough to argue with that
 
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